An Australian businessman arrested for an alleged hit-and-run involving a 21-year-old woman in the US has been revealed to be the operator of the local version of Girls Gone Wild .
Ryan Bowman, 43, was arrested on suspicion of manslaughter after he surrendered to police in West Hollywood in relation to the incident which killed fashion student Lauren Ann Freeman, KTLA reports.
Bowman is the director of Zeal Entertainment, which owns the rights to the Girls Gone Wild video franchise for Australia.
US police say Freeman was crossing the road with a group of friends at a pedestrian crossing on Sunset Boulevard at 11.50pm (local time) on Wednesday when she was struck by a dark-coloured Bentley and died at the scene.
The car was found abandoned several hours later with the engine still running on Westmount Drive.
Bowman turned himself in to police late on Thursday.
Police said Bowman's attorney contacted them and surrendered his client.
They believed alcohol played a role in the accident.
Bowman made headlines in 2007 when he proposed starting a "booze cruise" for high school graduates at Schoolies Week on Queensland's Gold Coast.
Bowman said he expected the event to include "dancing, singing, maybe a bit of nudity, who knows".
The Girls Gone Wild franchise was first started in the US by Joe Francis.
The videos typically involve a film crew going to an event or area frequented by young women, such as Spring Break and Mardi Gras.
The girls are asked to expose themselves for the camera in exchange for a Girls Gone Wild T-shirt.
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